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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T23:01:02.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
  "tags": [
    "Membership",
    "Andy Burnham makes major EU U-turn after Wes Streeting sparks Brexit battle",
    "Keir Starmer vows to fight next General Election as PM refuses to set resignation timetable",
    "Angela Rayner snubbed Keir Starmer’s bid to hand her Health Secretary role",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nLabour's top contenders to become the next Prime Minister are nearly all at risk of losing their seats if there were to be a general election today, a new poll has shown.\n\nBut GB News has been told by a polling expert that only one remaining frontbencher will be able to hold onto their seat.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nJust over a week ago, Sir Keir was dealt a staggering blow at the ballot box, leading to Labour losing its 27-year-long grip on the Senedd and swathes of support across England and Scotland.\n\nAngela Rayner, Wes Streeting, Ed Miliband, Al Carns and Yvette Cooper have all been marked as potential successors to Sir Keir Starmer following Labour's disastrous set of local elections.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBut, in just three years' time, the Prime Minister could be forced to bid farewell to the majority of his frontbench - and almost all his rivals at that, national polling has shown.\n\nMs Cooper, who sits in Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, is forecast to win 37.9 per cent, coming second to Reform UK's 49 per cent.\n\nMeanwhile, Al Carns, whose name was thrown into consideration last week, is due to win 23.5 per cent of the vote in Birmingham Selly Oak. Reform UK could take 26.9 per cent.\n\nOver in Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne's Angela Rayner could be booted out by Reform UK as well.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe former Deputy Prime Minister is set to take home 22.7 per cent, while Nigel Farage's party could win 32.9 per cent.\n\nMr Streeting is due to take on an independent candidate, who he narrowly beat back in 2024 by a mere 0.2 per cent of the vote.\n\nThe next time Britons head to the ballot box, the former Health Secretary's share could drop to 19.3 per cent, while the Independent could scramble to victory with 24.4 per cent.\n\nNevertheless, Ed Miliband, who has held onto Doncaster North for more than 20 years, is forecast to continue his firm grasp on the Yorkshire seat.\n\n### LABOUR LATEST:\n\n\n\n\n  * Andy Burnham makes major EU U-turn after Wes Streeting sparks Brexit battle\n  * Keir Starmer vows to fight next General Election as PM refuses to set resignation timetable\n  * Angela Rayner snubbed Keir Starmer’s bid to hand her Health Secretary role\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe pollsters at Electoral Calculus have shown the former Labour leader is predicted to win at the next General Election with 38.6 per cent of the vote.\n\nMeanwhile, Reform UK is set to come second on 29.9 per cent of the share.\n\nElectoral Calculus made its prediction based on opinion polls between April 8 and April 24, 2026, sampling 15,213 people.\n\nBut Mr Miliband's success will have been diminished from his 2024 victory when the MP won a comfortable majority with 52.4 per cent of the votes cast.\n\n\"Only Ed Miliband is likely to hold Doncaster North, partly because Reform didn't stand there in 2024, so are starting from a lower base,\" founder and CEO of Electoral Calculus Martin Baxter told the People's Channel.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nLast week, Mr Miliband was widely suspected of preparing a leadership bid if the opportunity arose.\n\nAllies of the Energy Secretary told PoliticsHome \"he has the numbers\" to trigger a contest for No10 if Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham was not able to do so.\n\nThe revelation came as Mr Streeting stepped down from his role as Health Secretary and admitted he had \"lost confidence\" in Sir Keir.\n\nIn his resignation letter, the Ilford North MP stopped short of mounting a leadership challenge as doubts hurtled through Westminster over whether he had sufficient support from party colleagues to trigger a contest.\n\nIn the Labour Party, MPs require the backing of 80 other MPs to trigger a leadership contest.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Labour's top leadership contenders ALL at risk of losing their seats at next election - except one"
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